Cannes film festival opens
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American director Wes Anderson opened the 65th Cannes Film Festival with his "Moonrise Kingdom," AP reported. (Competition line-up at 65th Cannes film festival>>)
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Members of the jury, (from left) British actor Ewan Mc Gregor, German actress Diane Kruger, Palestinian actress and director Hiam Abbass, French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, British director and scriptwriter Andrea Arnold, Italian director and president of the jury Nanni Moretti, Haitian director and producer Raoul Peck and French actress Emmanuelle Devos, US director and producer Alexander Payne, pose with French actress Berenice Bejo and singer of US band Gossip, Beth Ditto with at the end of the opening ceremony of the 65th Cannes film festival on May 16, 2012 in Cannes. [Xinhua photo] |
Shortly after striding down Cannes' glamorous red carpet, Anderson and his star-studded cast declared the festival officially open at its opening ceremony Wednesday night.
The ceremony was hosted by Berenice Bejo, who starred in "The Artist". Also in attendance were Jane Fonda, Eva Longoria, Lana Del Rey and Alec Baldwin.
Meanwhile, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as his latest alter ego General Aladeen, was causing chaos at the nearby Croisette promenade, where he rode around on a camel.
A jury of nine, presided over by Nanni Moretti, will spend the next 12 days sifting through the 22 in-competition entries as to decide who shall receive the festival's top award, the prestigious Palme d'Or.
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